Waistband construction for garments.



S. BARUCH. WAISTBAND CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.Z4| I914.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

CO1. WASHINGTON, D. c.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH SAMUEL BARUCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAISTBAND CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMEN'IS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 24, 1915.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BARUGH, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Waistband, Constructionfor Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in waistbands forgarments and is applicable to skirts, petticoats, waists, dresses, aswell as other garments.

My invention relates particularly to the means for varying the effectivelength of the waistband, and by means of my invention I enable thewearer to vary thelength of the waistband at will without the use ofelastic, gathering strings or the like.

In my improved construction, I employ two slidably connected memberswhich are both preferably formed of metal although other similarmaterial might be employed and these members are so designed that asproper.

they slide past each other to shorten the waistband, they areautomatically prevented from return movement. The waistband of thegarment after the latter has been put on, may be shortened to fit theperson and will then remain at that desired length.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which similarreference characters indicate corresponding parts and in which oneembodiment of my invention is disclosed.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of askirt having a waistband constructed in accordance with my invention;Fig-Qis an elevation of a portion of the waistband on an enlarged scale;Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the partsshown in Fig;2; Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the'cooperating members spaced apartand portions being broken away, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofa-key which may be employed for permitting the release of the'parts andthe extension of the waistband. I

In the specific form illustrated in the accompanying drawings,the'waistband carries two members, one of which is. slidable along thelength ofthe other and both of which may be partly or entirely concealedbetween spaced layers of the fabric forming the garment and constitutingthe waistband As shown, the waistband 10 is formed of a folded-overportion of the fabric going to make up the body of the garment althoughit is evident that it might be a separate waistband formed of two spacedlayers if desired. The two members forming the essential portions of myinvention are both'rigidly secured to the waistband. One of the membersis in the form of a strip 11, one end of which is rigidly secured to thewaistband in any suitable manner, as for instance byvan eyelet 12. Thestrip may be formed of thin flexible sheet metal, celluloid, or anyother suitable material and is provided with a series of apertures,transverse ridges, lugs, studs, shoulders or the like 13, the purpose ofwhich will be more fully set forth hereinafter. The body portion of thestrip is preferably inclosed within the waistband and is slidabletherein by a gathering of the material on the strip. At another pointalong the waistband and preferably spaced from the fastening 12 a distance substantially equal to the length of thestrip 11, is the othermember of the device. This is shown in the accompanying drawings as,includinga base plate 14 secured to the outer surface of-theband. Thebase plate may be secured in any suitable manner. As shown, I employ asecond plate 15 disposedvupon the inner surface of the band, and tworivets, eyelets or other suitable fastening devices 16 extend throughthe two plates and through the interposed waistband fabric. The plate 11 is provided with a spring tongue 17 extending outwardly therefromintermediate the ends of the plate and of such form that it may engagewith any one of the apertures or other irregularities along the lengthof the strip 11.

For holding the strip in proper position in respect to the .plate andtongue and for permitting the movement, the plate carries a guide 18.This guide is in the form of a sheet metal plate with its body portionspaced a slight distance from'the outer surface of the plate 14 andhaving its side edges riveted, seamed or otherwise secured to the sideedges ,of said plate. The distance between the body portion of the guideand the adjacent surface of the plate is such that the strip 11 mayslide beneath the guide overv the surface ,of the plate, but isoutwardly away from said surface. As it slides through, the springtongue 17 will come into engagement with the several apertures,shoulders, or the like, on the strip and prevented from moving desiredrelative sliding' greater than the width of the the waistband if desiredalthough I have shown them as being secured to the outer surface of theband. With these-parts upon the outer surface,-the strip preferablypasses through spaced apertures in the outer layer of the waistband atopposite sides of the tongue carrying member. Any suitable form ofbuttonhole or other aperture may serve for this purpose although toprevent the strip from cutting or Wearing the fabric at the band whereit passes through the outer layer of the waistband, I have shown theapertures as reinforced by metal plates. I provide two of these plates20 which may be sewed or layer of the waistband and each plate has aslot 21 therethrough of a width slightly strip 11. The material of theplate at each side of the slot may be bent inwardly through the slit inthe fabric and folded into engagement with the inner surface of thefabric so as to form a binding for the fabric around the opening and toform a guide for the strip 11. My improved device is adapted for use inconnection with custom-made garments in which the waistband is made ofsomewhat greater length than that required by the average purchaser ofthat sizedgarment. The purchaser, after putting on the garment andfastening" the ends of the waistband together by any suitable form offastening means, such for instance as a snap fastener 23, slides thestrip-11 through the retainer member until the Waistband has beenreduced to the desired size. The spring tongue 17 passes throughor-enters into the aperture in the strip which, at that time, comesopposite said band is thus held at the desired effective length.

If at any time it should be desired to fur ther reduce the length of thewaistband, it

is merely necessary to further force the strip through the retainermember. The device is so constructed that after once having beenreduced, the waistband cannot readily be increased in size, but there ispreferably provided a key by which the length may be increased in casesuch increase should be necessary for any reason. In Fig. 5 I have showna key'24c in the form of a thin strip of sheet metal which may beinserted between the plateylt and the stripfrom the right hand end, asshown in Figs. 2 to 4: in-

with its spring tongue or catch and the guidemay be disposed withinotherwise secured to the outer tongue and the waist-- clusive.

two apertures 13 and by then sliding in the key until it passes thetongue, the strip may 7 be pulled out while the key covers the tongueand prevents it from entering the several apertures as they pass thetongue.

.Vfhen the band has been increased to the desired length, the key may bereadily re moved again and the device will operateto prevent furtherextension.

As previously stated, the device is applicable not only to skirts andpetticoats, but also to waists, In using the device in acskirt, theparts are connected to'the waistband .at such points that the fullnesson the strip between the eyelet 12 and the retainer member preferablycomes along the center of the back. In other words, the center rearseam25, if there be such seam, or the center of the rear plait oftheskirt comesfmidway between the secured end of the strip 11 and theretainer member.

By sliding the strip 11 slightly to the left so that the tongue comesbetween the dresses, and other garments.

Preferably, theplacket of the, skirt comes closely adj'acent to thefastener 12 although it is not at all necessary; In the specificdevice'illustrated, the strip 11 is formed of thin sheet metalalthough Ido notdesire to be limited to this specific cross-sectional form. By theterm strip I wish to include notonly the specific form shown, but anyother suitable equivalent member which might be a wire or rod round incross section. r

Having thus described my invention what I claim as-newand desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is-:

1. A spaced layers of material and having two apertures through theouterlayer at spaced points, a retainer member surface of said waistbandbetween said ap ertures, and a strip having one end securedgarmentwaistband formed of two secured to one to said waistband betweensaid layers and extending out through one aperture past said retainermember and back through the other aperture, ing to permitendwisemovement of said strip in one "direction but movement in the oppositedirection,

p 2. A garment waistband h'avingaretainer member's secured thereto, astrip having one end secured to said waistband and having said retainermember serv-i prevent endW-ise the opposite end extending through saidretalner member, said retainer member. permitting endwise movement ofsaid strip in one direction butnormally preventing return movement, anda key for engagement with said retainer member-to permit said returnmovement.

3. A garmentwwaistband having a plate secured to theouter surfacethereof and carrying a spring tongue, a guide vsecured to said plate andextending over said tgngue and astriphaving oneend securedte said tweensaid plate and said guide and having means for engagement with saidspring tongue to normally prevent movement of said strip in onedirection.

4. A garment waistband having a retainer secured thereto and including abase plate, a spring tongue and a guide secured to said plate andextending over said tongue and a perforated metal strip having one endsecured to said waistband at a point spaced from said retainer andhaving the opposite end unattached to said waistband, the intermediateportion of said strip extending through said retainer whereby any one ofthe perforations thereof may receive said spring tongue.

5. A garment waistband having means for detachably securing the endsthereof together and means independent thereof for varying the effectivelength of said waistband, said means including a flexible strip havingone end secured to said waistband and having the opposite end concealedwithin and slidable along said waistband, and a retainer member securedto said waistbandintcrmediate of the ends of said strip and normallypreventing an increase in the efiective length of the waistband.

6. A garment waistband formed of two spaced layers of material andhaving two apertures through the outer layer at spaced Copies of thispatent may be obtained for points, surface of said waistband betweenfive cents each, by addressing the a retainer member secured to one saidapertures and a strip having one end secured to said waistband betweensaid layers and extending through one aperture past said retainer memberand back through the other aperture.

7. A garment waistband formed of two spaced layers of material, a striphaving one end secured between said layers and having the opposite endslidable along said waistband between said layers and a retainer securedto said waistband presenting a spring tongue for engagement with saidstrip to normally prevent movement of said strip in one direction inrespect to said retainer.

8. A garment waistband having a retainer secured thereto, said retainerpresenting a spring tongue, a perforated metal strip having one endsecured to said waistband at a point spaced from said retainer andhaving the opposite end unattached to said waistband the intermediateportion of said strip extending through said retainer whereby any one ofthe perforations thereof may receive said spring tongue.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 21st day of December A. D. 1914.

SAMUEL BARUCH.

Witnesses:

O. W. FAIRBANK, FLoRnNoE LEVIEN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

